Authors:Jeff Todd Titon, Linda Fujie, David Locke, David P. M
Publisher: Schirmer
Keywords: music, version, rom, shorter, world, introduction, worlds, peoples
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-07-27
List price: $112.95
ISBN-10: 0534627579
ISBN-13: 9780534627577

This shorter version of the best-selling WORLDS OF MUSIC is based on the 4th edition and provides much of the authoritative coverage of the comprehensive version in a format that’s accessible to students without any background or training in music. Using the case-study approach, the text presents in-depth explorations of music of several cultures from around the world. The authors all ethnomusicologists working in their fields of expertise base their discussions of music-cultures on their own fieldwork and give students a true sense of both the music and culture that created it. Genera

Authors:Tony Bushell, John Smith, David Gardner, David Waugh,
Publisher: Nelson Thornes Ltd
Keywords: resource, guide, rom, teacher, interactions, geography, new, key
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2002-05-29
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0748760776
ISBN-13: 9780748760770

New and updated exercises and assessments have been added to accompany the new chapters in the Students’ Books. Citizenship, literacy, numeracy, ICT, sustainable development and work related learning are incorporated throughout the Guides. Alongside the guide is a free CD-ROM that contains editable schemes of work and ICT exercises. Selected illustrations from the accompanying Students’ Book are included on the CD-ROMs and can be used to make colour overheads or slides aiding class participation and discussion.

Authors:David Allan Bradley, Derek Seward, David Dawson, Stua
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: systems, machines, intelligent, design, mechatronics
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 2000-11-17
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0748754431
ISBN-13: 9780748754434

Mechatronics as a discipline has an ever growing impact on engineering and engineering education as a defining approach to the design, development, and operation of an increasingly wide range of engineering systems. The increasing scope and complexity of mechatronic systems means that their design and development now involve not only the technical aspects of its core disciplines, but also aspects of organization, training, and management.Mechatronics and the Design of Intelligent Machines and Systems reflects the significant areas of development in mechatronics and focuses on the higher-level

Authors:David Besanko, David Dranove, Mark Shanley, Scott
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: strategy, economics
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 2009-09-22
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0470373601
ISBN-13: 9780470373606

In today’s global recession, strong management of firms and organizations are of the utmost importance. Best-selling Economics of Strategy focuses on the key economic concepts students must master in order to develop a sound business strategy. Bringing economic theory and strategic analysis to life in an engaging and uniquely modern way, Besanko et al. have collaborated for over 15 years to build an introductory business course that combines basic concepts from economic theory of the firm and industrial organization with ideas from modern strategy literature. The newly revised 5th editi

Authors:John Lancaster, David Penfold, David Stott, BCS, Sybex
Publisher: Sybex
Keywords: guide, study, icdl, ecdl
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2005-01
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0782143083
ISBN-13: 9780782143089

The International/European Computer Driving License (ICDL/ECDL) is a worldwide end-user IT skills certification program managed by the ECDL Foundation in Dublin, Ireland. Broadly accepted across academic, government, and corporate sites worldwide, ICDL/ECDL has over 2.3 million participants in more than 60 countries. This all-new Sybex Study Guide was produced in conjunction with the British Computer Society, administrators of the program in the United Kingdom. A comprehensive and affordable solution, this guide covers all seven certification modules in a single volume: 1) Fundamental Concepts

Authors:David Held, Anthony McGrew, David Goldblatt, Jonathan
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Keywords: culture, economics, politics, transformations, global
Number of Pages: 540
Published: 1999-04-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0804736278
ISBN-13: 9780804736275

This book throws new light on the complex processes that are reshaping the contemporary world. All too often debates about globalization - and about whether it implies the end of the nation-state - have descended into polemics and confusion. Global Transformations overcomes these difficulties. Based on many years of original research, it maps the shape and scope of globalization and provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject, presenting its material in a clear and accessible way. This is the most systematic account available of the process of globalization. It will be illuminating no

Authors:David Levi-Faur, Gabriel Sheffer, David Vogel,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: history, politics, society, israeli, continuity, dynamics, change, israel
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1999-09-29
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0714650129
ISBN-13: 9780714650128

These essays examine changes in Israel’s political, social and economic institutions, and describe how Israeli culture and institutions are resisting convergence. They are in four categories: political institutions and organizations; political economy; ethnicity and religion; and public policy.